Sony Aibo ERS-1000

The Sony Aibo ERS-1000 is an AI-powered robotic dog launched by Sony in January 2018. A nose-mounted fish-eye camera identifies faces, colors, shapes, and motion; a separate SLAM camera maps room layouts for autonomous navigation. Four microphones enable voice interaction with responses to 50+ commands. The robot recognizes up to 100 faces and develops a unique personality over time through cloud-based learning, requiring a mandatory AI Cloud Plan subscription and LTE SIM card. Powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 processor with 4 GB RAM and 32 GB storage. Priced at approximately $2,899 in the US market.

Yes. Sony Aibo ERS-1000 is independently verified in real-world operation on the DEPLOY registry, confirmed at named deployment sites with primary sources: not a concept, render, or demo-only.

Sony Aibo ERS-1000's recorded specifications on the DEPLOY registry: Degrees of freedom: 22; Height: 29.3 cm; Weight: 2.2 kg. See the Specs section for the full sourced set.

Sony Aibo ERS-1000 is made by Sony Corporation, based in Tokyo, Japan, founded in 1946.

4 verified deployments of Sony Aibo ERS-1000 are on the DEPLOY registry, including at Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan, Japan (Foster Parent Program), United States.

Sony Aibo ERS-1000 is in commercial deployment and is sold to operators; contact the manufacturer to buy, and see the pricing section for any recorded price.

On the DEPLOY registry, comparable quadruped robots to Sony Aibo ERS-1000 include Spot, ANYbotics ANYmal, Unitree Go2, DEEP Robotics X30.

Sony Aibo ERS-1000 and Spot (Boston Dynamics · 31 deployments) are both quadruped robots on the DEPLOY registry. Sony Aibo ERS-1000 has 4 verified deployments on record. Compare both records for specs, safety, deployments, and verified-vs-claimed autonomy.

On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, safety, adoption, media, and IP signals, Sony Aibo ERS-1000 ranks in roughly the top 12% of quadruped models tracked by the registry.

Sony Aibo ERS-1000 is at the production stage on the DEPLOY maturity ladder (research, prototype, pilot, commercial, production). Production stage means high-volume manufacture and commercial-scale deployments are sustained.

Sony Aibo ERS-1000 has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.